ENTERTAINMENT News, Nov 18, 2011

Amazon Unveils Best Movies and TV Shows of the Year MarketWatch (press release) The Best of the Year Movies and TV store is live now on Amazon.com and offers different "best of" genres to help customers search and discover 2011 video entertainment, including DVD, Blu-ray, Kids, Art House, Anime, TV, horror and many more. ... See all stories on this topic »

Vuclip launches India's first mobile movie portal The Mobile Indian Starlight Cinema serves content from leading content providers including UTV Motion Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Vega, Whacked Out Media and MAA TV. The mobile movie portal features clips, trailers and first looks from several upcomingmovies such ... See all stories on this topic » The Mobile Indian

Transport and Interact With Your Computer's Video and Audio Content on Your ... MarketWatch (press release) SANTA CLARA, CA, Nov 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- In this tough economy, more and more people are watching TV episodes and movies on their computers and dropping their cable TVsubscriptions for cheaper online entertainment alternatives. ... See all stories on this topic »

Online Video Presents Entertainment Navigation Challenges and Opportunities ... MarketWatch (press release) According to the report, consumers in the US can watch more than 100000 unique, full-length TVshows and movies online on any given day*. This wealth of content is available from a variety of sources and is watchable on an ever-expanding array of ... See all stories on this topic »

iStream Raises $5M From SAIF Partners To Launch Video Streaming Service MediaNama.com According to the company it will first offer news video clips as well as Live TV feeds, across major Indian languages, and will also launch TV and Movies sections in December. It also plans to launch an iOS app by next month and intends to make the ... See all stories on this topic »

Nook's Specs Are Exaggerated, Again New York Times (blog) On the Nook Web site, the very first bullet point is, “HD movies and TV shows.” Then, on the “Learn More” page, there are nine more references to the Nook Tablet's ability to play high-definition video. “HD videos stream smoothly.” “Enjoy HD Video. ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Utilizing Its Movies, Music and Public Viewing Equipment Sony Helps Support ... VAdvert Press Center (press release) ... and professional switchers that are easy to carry and operate, to show movies and music videos, along with educational content, to the public at outdoor sites. Combining Sony entertainment content with educational footage and lectures about the ... See all stories on this topic » VAdvert Press Center (press release)

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Roku to Apple TV to GoPro and more for the geek in your life Chicago Sun-Times This might not be the year to cancel your cable TV subscription and get all of your video entertainment from the Internet. But every year, a streaming video box for the TV becomes more affordable, more valuable, and quicker to love. ... See all stories on this topic »

'Twilight' Money: How Summit Plans to Make $1.2B Off 'Breaking Dawn' Reuters The last two "Twilight" movies grossed roughly $700 million each in worldwide box office, and the latest installment is expected to take in up to $140 million domestically this weekend. The studio won't be alone in raking in cash. ... See all stories on this topic »

5-day sales for 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' top $775M USA Today This is the third year in a row that the latest installment of the first-person combat game franchise has set a five-day entertainment sales record, surpassing movies, books and other games. "It doesn't surprise me that we are beginning to see video ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Beyonc? video shows off wedding dress Newsday Celebrities Newsday > Entertainment > Celebrities Beyoncé video shows off wedding dress Published: November 17, 2011 8:18 PM Beyoncé video shows off wedding dress In her new musicvideo for the song "I Am Here," Beyoncé gave fans an apparent glimpse of ... See all stories on this topic »

Chernin's Antidote To Digital Disruption Asia Media Journal In the US, where he earned a reputation as one the smartest content guys in the business, Chernin continues to produce TV shows such as Fox series Terra Nova andmovies such as Rise of the Planet of the Apes through Chernin Entertainment, with support ... See all stories on this topic » Asia Media Journal

Holiday Movie Preview 2011: It's beginning to look a lot like award season NOLA.com Studio: Summit Entertainment. Arthur Christmas. Santa's secrets are finally revealed in a 3-D animated family comedy in which one of the jolly old elf's sons takes it upon himself to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission. ... See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Join in LotSoft 2011 Thanksgiving Promo - Pull Families Closer via Presenting ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) If users miss this giveaway and need to backup their purchased DVD movies onto computer and mobile devices or blank DVD discs, convert videos to solve playback problem or fit video resolution on particular mobile display, they can save big on this ... See all stories on this topic »

Fox News to Start Airing Christian-Perspective Movie Reviews Christian Post This gives us another great opportunity to help make family life better, by helping parents make positive movie choices for their children and teenagers.” Movieguide already does two-minute videoreviews on its websites, but they were looking to expand ... See all stories on this topic »

Sony Opens Doors to New Shopping Experiences in Houston, New York and Southern ... MarketWatch (press release) ... from testing out Sony Entertainment Network services on network-connected products, to playing PlayStation® games on PS3(TM) entertainment systems and a Sony® TV. They will be able to shoot video on a wide range of cameras, get lost in a 3D movie ... See all stories on this topic »

Buying the Mouse Cabot Wealth Advisory By Paul Goodwin When I look at the media gusher of cable TV, DVDs, radio, MP3s, video games, CDs and online entertainment of all kinds that makes its way into my living room and office (and some of which even sneaks into my six-year-old pickup truck), ... See all stories on this topic »

Roku to Expand, Bring Set-top Boxes to the UK and Canada Tom's Hardware Guide Owners of the box can stream movies, TV shows and sports games from the likes of Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Video On Demand and tons of other partners' channels. Roku said in a statement today that it is is expanding its open platform to support ... See all stories on this topic »

Cancer woman Lindsay Miller asks cancer comedy 50/50 and Inception star Joseph ... The Daily Telegraph And it feels like i'm making a big leap from being an anonymous cancer 'liver' a few months ago to now starring in my own video. But life is short. So, why not?" Gordon-Levitt, who is starring in the forthcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, ... See all stories on this topic »

Dish - Blockbuster To Launch Big Movie Promotion Contactmusic.com A week before Black Friday, Blockbuster is kicking off what it calls Open House Weekend with a slew of bargains at its remaining 1500 stores, including 49-cent catalog rentals and 99-cent video games. Other deals available on November 19 and 20 include ... See all stories on this topic » Contactmusic.com

Alvin and the Chipmunks(TM): Chipwrecked Video Game Now Available on Kinect ... MarketWatch (press release) "A terrific soundtrack and dynamic play mechanic puts players right on stage with The Chipmunks and The Chipettes in an experience that continues the storyline of the upcoming blockbuster movie," said Jesse Sutton, CEO, Majesco Entertainment. ... See all stories on this topic »

Best Video Game Fan Films UGO Most video game movies are pretty atrocious (sorry, Uwe), but there is an alternative. The eleven fan films in this feature take the world of electronic entertainment to a while new level. Put these dudes behind the wheel of a big-budget motion picture ... See all stories on this topic »

Movies And The Economy: Courting Adults In A Time Of Declining Film Attendance Huffington Post As far as getting out of the house is concerned, the national theater group argues that movies are still one of the cheapest forms of entertainment, much cheaper than concerts or sporting events. In 2010, the average movie ticket cost $7.89; ... See all stories on this topic »

IPTV War: Telstra Pumps $100M On Video As Optus Attack ChannelNews This is part of its Digital Media Business, announced today, which will see Foxtel, BigPond TV, Music , Movies and Games, IPTV (including T Box), Sensis Yellow pages, Trading Post all under the one umbrella. CEO David Thodey emphasised the importance ... See all stories on this topic »

Stan Lee dreams up new heroes for the Web Moneycontrol.com Entertainment. Starting in 2012, he plans to fill his YouTube channel with short, live-action videos and animation, and Lee said his company has over a dozen of those Web projects in the works. His new move onto the Web comes as Hollywood has struggled ... See all stories on this topic » Moneycontrol.com

Fun for the whole family A.V. Club DC We can't all watch football all day, but how many forms of entertainment out there are suitable for kids without being drop-dead boring for teenagers and adults? What's your favorite crowd-pleasing entertainment for a group of people of mixed ages and ... See all stories on this topic » A.V. Club DC

Amazon's LoveFilm inks distribution deal with Warner Bros. TechFlash “This major deal builds on our partnership with Warner Bros. and gives LOVEFiLM members exclusive access to world-class movies across multiple platforms," said LoveFilm CEO Simon Calver. "We are committed to delivering the best entertainment service ... See all stories on this topic »

Sony Helps Support the Prevention of HIV and AIDS in Africa MarketWatch (press release) Sony provided a high-definition (HD) video projector boasting a 7000 lumen brightness, 150-inch screen, and professional switchers that are easy to carry and operate, to show movies and musicvideos, along with educational content, to the public at ... See all stories on this topic »

From Monet To Mario Bros., Paris Exhibit Lifts Video Games To High Culture Status Worldcrunch Game Story took a few CRT TV's as well as several good old consoles out of the attic, allowing visitors to play in the proper conditions on dozens of games, some of them dating back to the 1970s.Movies, comics and board games from the same period are ... See all stories on this topic »

Warner Bros. giving iTunes redemption codes to unhappy UltraViolet users Apple Insider The consortium hoped to create a DRM alternative to Apple's iTunes video that would enable users to buy playback rights to a movie that could be presented on any participating device, similar to Microsoft's PlaysForSure for music. ... See all stories on this topic »

Is Splash Damage Working on A New Marvel Game? Game Rant Where are all the good Marvel video games at? Remember X-Men Legends and its sequel? Those were awesome. Since then, gamers have been subject to a lengthy series of bad movie tie-ins and an X-Men game that's a decade out of place. ... See all stories on this topic »

Derek Stonebarger launches Vegas Independent Film Festival at Orleans Las Vegas Sun It starts today and runs through Sunday at Century movie theaters at the Orleans. Derek has lined up an impressive first-time series of indie features, documentaries, short and student films -- even music videos. Winners receive Golden Bulb Awards ... See all stories on this topic » Las Vegas Sun

The cutting edge technology Fiji Times These functions are all made into one simple compact system, with direct connections to your DVD players and you can enjoy high quality sound while listening to your favorite music or watching your favorite movies. Rowell Home Entertainment is selling ... See all stories on this topic »

Video Test - Do Not Delete Central Florida News 13 "When I started here the theatre was set up like an old movie theatre," said Nicole Matwijczyk, who has worked at the theater since the early 1980's. "It was concrete floors. The seats were golden. The walls were blue. There was up-lighting. ... See all stories on this topic » Central Florida News 13

Amanda Seyfried Gets 'Gone' in New Trailer (Video) TheWrap The trailer for Seyfried's new movie "Gone" has hit the Internet, offering a taste of how Seyfried will handle the role of a gun-toting concerned sibling intent on preventing a family tragedy. In the film, Seyfried plays Jill Parrish, who returns home ... See all stories on this topic »

The Globe and Mail Globe and Mail Yes, the Academy Awards audience is generally declining, as is movie attendance and TV viewing. But the Oscars, which have been around longer than most people on the planet, can't sustain themselves by chasing the over-served youth market. ... See all stories on this topic »

Disney's Alligator Topples Angry Birds in Quest for Billion Gamers: Tech Bloomberg A book and a movie featuring the cute green gator could follow, Decrem says. The company aims to replicate Rovio Entertainment Oy's success in catapulting “Angry Birds” into something beyond a digital phenomenon. The Finnish gamemaker sells 1 million ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

Trans World Entertainment Narrows Q3 Loss Home Media Magazine Specifically, same-store video comps, which include DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies, decreased 2%. Top sellers included Bridesmaids, Thor, X-Men: First Class and the Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga. Video represented 42% of total sales,... See all stories on this topic » Home Media Magazine

Madea Meets the Ku Klux Klan TIME (Unlike the movies, the plays usually give each of the major actors, except for Perry, a potent R&B-flavored song to belt out.) Outsiders watching a Perry video are projected into another America: not just to the insular land of black popular theater, ... See all stories on this topic »

High-tech toys, gadgets top Santa's list this season Orlando Sentinel It's priced much lower at $199 and has access to Amazon's growing library of e-books, music,movies and other great entertainment. But it has just 8GB of memory, and the screen is much smaller than that of the iPad 2. Analysts say Apple's iPhone 4S is ... See all stories on this topic »

HDTV and Home Theater Podcast - Podcast #505: Black Friday 2011 and Receiver ... HDTV Magazine As far as video processing goes, the VSX-53 scales both analog and digital signals up to 1080p/24fps with the Marvell QdeoTM Video Scaler. Making this category by $1 the HK 3650 is a tough competitor in this price range. The unit has 6 3D capable HDMI ... See all stories on this topic » HDTV Magazine

Does Anyone Support SOPA? WebProNews For movie/TV files: 70% and 54% respectively Only a slim majority of Americans (52%) say “people should face punishment if they download an unauthorized copy of a song or movie from a website or file-sharing service.” 34% are opposed to penalties ... See all stories on this topic »

What Is Sony Now? BusinessWeek Sony was also preparing to launch a global network that would connect the company'smovies, music, and video games to all its televisions, tablets, PCs, and phones—an iTunes-like digital platform. “I honestly and truly thought I was going to have a ... See all stories on this topic » BusinessWeek

Twilight film premieres locally | WAVY.com | Norfolk, Va. - WAVY TV 10 Video; Photo. Twilight premiere - 5 a.m.. Regular Photo Size. Entertainment News. Get Wired | The twilight of 'Twilight'. So movie theaters across the country are already preparing … Demi Moore tells AP she plans to end her 6-year marriage ... Local News | WAVY TV

New Website Features Ohio Movie, TV Locations | Eyewitness News 9 CINCINNATI (AP) Ohio sites featured in films and on television are showcased on a new state tourism website. ... TV Listings · » ENTERTAINMENT · Lifestyles ... Photos and videos from social media, maps and consumer reviews are included. ... www2.wnct.com/.../new-website-features-ohio-movie-tv-locati...

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